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VR Design Unpacked: The Incredible Details of ‘Half-Life: Alyx’

In Inside XR Design we examine specific examples of great VR design. Today we’re looking at the details of Half-Life: Alyx and how they add an immersive layer to the game rarely found elsewhere. Editor’s Note: Half-Life: Alyx has been hailed by many not just as the ‘best VR game’, or ‘best Half-Life‘ game, but even one […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

28. November 2023

Valve Hires Creator Behind Popular ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Mod

Half-Life: Alyx Incursion mod | Image courtesy Nate Grove

Like many of Valve’s best titles, Half-Life: Alyx (2020) is a lot more moddable than your average game, which for PC VR headset owners means hundreds of new modes, missions, and mini-games. Now one of the HLA’s most talented modders announced they’ve been snapped up by Valve. Nate Grove was responsible for two of the best HLA campaign-style […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

3. Oktober 2023

This ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Mod Brings a Slice of Valve-level Action

Besides making one of the most influential VR games to date, Valve also made sure Half-Life: Alyx was just as moddable as its other iconic titles. And thankfully there’s no shortage of talented modders out there who have built extended campaigns and new levels for the PC VR shooter. One such HLA modder is Nate ‘Polygrove’ Grove, […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

13. März 2023

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Mod Brings 3-4 Hours of Gameplay Today in Unofficial ‘Levitation’ Chapter

If you haven’t played Half-Life: Alyx (2020), Valve’s first Half-Life game in a decade which is exclusively available on SteamVR headsets, then you can look forward to not only one of the best VR horror shooters in existence, but soon heaps more action after the credits roll. The creators of the long-awaited Levitation mod say […]

Road to VR & Scott Hayden

14. Juni 2022

This ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Mod is the John Wick VR Game We Always Wanted

Image captured from video courtesy Virtual Insider

Half-Life: Alyx (2020) has been in the wild for a little under two years now, and modders have been busy using it to make cool stuff—just like they did with the original Half-Life (1998). Enter ‘Gunman Contracts’, a multi-chapter mod that scores some serious style points while smartly leveraging Valve’s Source 2 for some John Wick-style […]

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Road to VR & Scott Hayden

15. Februar 2022

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Sees Best Sale Yet in Celebration of First Anniversary

Now through March 31st you can pick up Half-Life: Alyx on sale at a 40% discount in celebration of the game’s one year anniversary. Half-Life: Alyx is clearly one of the best VR games released thus far, and if you’ve somehow avoided playing it up to this point, here’s one more reason to give it a look: […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

23. März 2021

Road to VR’s 2020 Game of the Year Awards

It’s the time of the season again for reflection, when we look back at this year’s greatest achievements in VR gaming and remind ourselves just how far we’ve come in the four years since consumers first delved head-first into truly immersive worlds. Due to the ongoing pandemic, this year was plunged into an global economic […]

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21. Dezember 2020

‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Has Become Steam’s Best & Most Rated VR Game Less Than a Year After Launch

If there was any question, it has now been answered—Half-Life: Alyx has cemented its “universal acclaim”, becoming both the best and most rated VR-only game on Steam, less than a year after release, after recently passing Beat Saber’s record review count. While it quickly became not just the best rated VR game on Steam—let alone one of […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

15. Dezember 2020

Valve’s Next Game Rumored to Have Asymmetric PC vs. VR Structure, ‘Citadel’ Codename

With the release of Half-Life: Alyx, the first single player game from Valve in nine years, the studio has teased that it’s getting back into the swing of making new games. Tyler McVicker, the voice behind the YouTube channel Valve News Network, believes Valve’s next game is codenamed ‘Citadel’ and based on an asymmetric PC vs. […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

12. Dezember 2020

‘Half-Life: Alyx’, ‘Boneworks’ Get Rare Discounts Among Many Others in Steam Autumn Sale

The Steam Autumn Sale is here, running today through December 1st, 2020. With it comes rare discounts on top VR games like Half-Life: Alyx (2020) and Boneworks (2019), and heaps more popular VR titles, just in time for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. If you’re looking to jump into some new VR content, you’re in luck: Steam’s […]

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Road to VR & Ben Lang

25. November 2020